Viewpoint: Embracing consequence

The IStructE BIM Panel highlights key changes in the second edition of this protocol intended to provide consistency of approach in projects involving building information modelling.

Dawn Bonfield is the President of the Commonwealth Engineers’ Council (CEC), and an Honorary Fellow of IStructE. In this blog Dawn explains the new partnership with IStructE and the vision for sustainable urbanisation.

Structural engineers will require and enforce specifications for materials like steel and concrete but will rarely apply the same standards to structural isolation bearings. Here, Adam Fox, engineer and director of structural isolation specialist Mason UK, explains why overlooking bearing design means introducing an unacceptable level of risk.